No need to apologize. And Matt, I'm completely with you.Hardly. Six months as a US Army private in Ludwigsburg in 1967-68 made me a master of nothing except maybe goldbricking. I picked up a little hanging out with a local DJ, but I still have to consult Google Translate more times than not. Anyway, ich entschuldige mich dafür, dass ich nicht bei dem Thema bleibe.
Greetings from Winnenden, just a dozen miles from Ludwigsburg.
... and btw have you ever tried Lingee's DeepL, it's far better than google translations. (Linguee | Dictionary for German, French, Spanish, and more)